Improved cover for drinking-vessels



N PETzRs, PMOTO-LITHOGRAPMEW WASHINGTON D C To all whom it may concern:

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Letters Potent No. 90,539, dated May 25, 1869.

IM?ROVEI3 COVER FOR DRINKING-VESSELS.

The Schedule refen'ed to iu these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

. Be it known that I, JOHN HEUERMANN, ci' Davenport, in the county ofScott, and State o f Iowa, have invented `a new and useful Improvementin Covers for Drinking-Vessels; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing` is a full and exact description ofthe same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

This invention relates to an improved device for coveringdrinking-vessels; and consists mainly in the employment of two circularmetal covers, pivoted together, the lower of which is attached to thevessel, while the other slides freely thereon,

Both covers are provided with orifices of like shape, which, .whenbrought together, form a continuous orifce, but when their relativepositions are changed, close the communication with the vessel, as willhereinafter be more fully described.

In the drawings-- l Figure I is a perspective view of my invention,closed.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my invention,

opened.

Figures 3 and 4' are views of the parts detached.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention7 I willnow proceed to describe fully its construct-ion and operation.

A represents-a circular metal cover, provided with a flange, a,

Portions of the flange c are serrated, as shown at a.

B B represent orifices, of any suitable form, which are cut in the covernear the iiange.

C represents an additional cover, which is pivoted, at its centre, tothe cover A, and is of similar shape, and is provided with correspondingorifices c c.

The cover A is attached to any suitable vessel, by

means of the flange a, and, if desired to attach thesame permanently,the serrated portions a.' are bent inward, and firmly grasp the edgesoi' the vessel.

When the device is in position for drinking, the cover Gis turned insuch manner as to bring the orifices c over the oriiices B, thus forminga communication with the inside of the vessel. may be so turned as toclose the orifices.

This invention will be found particularly useful in imbibing thosebeverages which have lumps ofice floating thereon, which, it is wellknown, are somewhat difficult to keep from falling ou the face, when thevessel is nearly drained.

-Its chief point of utility and convenience, however, is in theprotection it aiiords the moustache, which, it is unnecessary1 to state,is often a. great inconvenience in drinking, which is effect-callyobviated by this de vice, as `the inner edge of the orifice is made ofsuch shape to fit the` upper lip, and the liquid cannot, by any means,come in contact with the moustache. Another advantage also is, that thevessel may be closed,l and its contents be protected when it is not inimmediate use.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cover described, consisting substantially of the cover A, serratediiange ay a', orices B, with the cover C, and its orifices c c,substantially as described.

This speciiication signedand witnessed, this 27th day of April, 1869.

Wiinsses: JOHN HEUERMANN.

Henn-Y Trennen, F. W. A NTHEEN.

lVhen not in use, the cover-

